Vacuum tanks

PostPost by: rodlittle » Tue May 24, 2011 4:30 pm

Does anyone have a picture please showing where the vac tanks are mounted on an S1, I can guess but it would be nice to see if Im right.

Really lucky today rooting around, I found another box of bits which included the correct headlight springs with the clip attached for the light switch and also both of the original spring operated headlight switches which I believe are now made of unobtainium.
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PostPost by: frearther » Tue May 24, 2011 5:46 pm

Rod,
If you mean the vacuum reservoirs for the headlights, I assume that the S1 is the same as my S2. That means that the front crossmember is the vacuum tank. There's a spigot on the front face for a tee that (1) runs to one headlight vacuum pot and thence to the other and (2) connects to the tap on the #1 intake runner.
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PostPost by: rodlittle » Tue May 24, 2011 6:06 pm

Soory if I was a bit vague, I mean the vacuum things that operate the headlights not the front crossmember
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PostPost by: frearther » Tue May 24, 2011 6:18 pm

Sorry, I misunderstood. Maybe someone out there (Gary?) has pictures of the attachment locations and hardware.

Do you have the mounting brackets?
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PostPost by: gordont » Fri May 27, 2011 4:06 am

here are a few pics of the LHS of my S2 showing the Pod and mechanism, I hope this helps.
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lhs2.JPG and
lhs1.JPG and
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PostPost by: elansprint71 » Fri May 27, 2011 6:53 am

I think you might need a workshop manual and the parts book.
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PostPost by: rodlittle » Fri May 27, 2011 7:29 am

Thanks Gordon thats very helpful.

I have a workshop manual but it doesnt show where the pod operating tanks are mounted and as there are no holes in my body I needed some pictures
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PostPost by: garyeanderson » Fri May 27, 2011 11:24 am

Please see if these help
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S2 Elan open bonnet looking forward and down.JPG and
Vacuum actuator mount point spread.jpg and
distance between the two bottom 1/4 inch mounting holes
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left hand bottom hole
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right hand bottom hole
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PostPost by: rodlittle » Fri May 27, 2011 3:15 pm

Thanks Pissant
Who could ask for anthing more, just what I needed
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